ICLR submissions top 50K with a week to go, reviewers brace for AI slop wave

miniapeur · x · 2026-09-19

With a week still left before the deadline, ICLR has already received over 50,000 submissions. The poster warns of an incoming wave of AI slop for reviewers and says they're reluctant to review for this edition — highlighting the widening gap between submission volume and reviewer capacity.

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